Last week was Vacation Bible School (VBS) at my church. Sarah enrolled in it for the 2nd time (I was corrected by Janet). With each new thing that Sarah and Catherine do, we feel a little bit older. I guess that's the way of life. Btw, Catherine has been crawling since Independence Day, that's her way of celebrating Freedom.

With VBS, our whole family got a new schedule. Every morning, Janet, Sarah and Catherine tried (very hard) to be at church by 8:40. By the end of the week, they finally did it. Part of the problem with them not able to get make it on time is because of me. I really need to start to get to bed earlier and get up earlier. Something you can all pray for me about.

On the last day, they had the Carnival where they set up little games in the basketball court for all the kids. Sarah was some what tentative at first but soon narrowed down to 2 that she liked the most:

Fishing,

and tossing ping pong balls into floating bowls

At the end, she used all of her tickets! I was amazed as last year she didn't want to do any of the games. I guess 1 year is a long time. =) Other than games, they also had

Face (or arm as Sarah preferred) painting
And balloon animals (which Catherine loved to play with and bite on)
I like this photo of Sarah, she looks like she is really enjoying herself.

After the Carnival, it was time for the Evening Program where the kids sang.

and watched others sang (Sarah with her Sunday School Teacher).

During the rehearsal, I was told that Sarah was pretty shy and didn't do any of the hand motions. But that night, she let it all out and everyone was commenting how cute she was. She had so much fun.

I was pleasantly surprised today when I checked out my flickr account that someone has bought me a year subscription of the pro account!! Wow, how cool is that! If you are the one, please let me know so I can properly thank you. Now I can create more sets (and even collections) and most importantly, I don't have to keep on deleting old photos just so that I stay under the 200 max limit of the free account!

Another surprise is that I found out one of my photo got published in the 3rd edition of the Schmap Atlanta Travel Guide! Here is the photo.

Check out the web page with the photo here. When you get there, under the center column, click on "High Museum of Art" and then on the right column, browse through the pictures on the top and you should be able to find it.

This photo was taken at the High Museum during our trip to visit Mike and Reiko in 2005. I don't get any money from it being published but am just happy to see someone like it enough to use it on their web site.

Finally, the last surprise is that we had a sighting of the Monster Grape. You may want to cover the eyes of small children or at least sit down for this one....here it is.


No, we didn't eat it but trust us, it is real. No Photoshop here.

This past Saturday we went to Boomers with Terry and the Wongs. It was the first time for Sarah. I think Sarah is really getting braver now in trying new things as before she was even afraid to do miniature golf but she had so much fun this time. I am also glad to report that our toilet is finally fixed. I've been wanting to fix it as I've been seeing/hearing water constantly leaking from the tank to the bowl. When our water bill doubled last month, I decided I needed to fix this fast. I ended up removing the whole tank to change the valve as I found out it's been crack. This is the 2nd time I had to do this! (Last time was the seal between the bowl and the tank was miss-seated. I got water leaking onto the floor!) Both times were due to poor workmanship of the plumber that Shea hired. GRRRRRR!

Well, also this week, we bought a Wii off of Terry (she is the official Hui Wii retailer as she has already sold 3!) and we've been playing with it everyday!! It's really good exercise for us who never exercise. In fact, Janet and I play with it a lot more than Sarah though we all enjoy it. Sarah is surprisingly good at bowling and starting to get better at tennis. Email me your Wii code if you have a Wii so we can send you Wii mail. =) And if you have any recommendation on games, let me know. So far, we are only playing with the one that comes bundled with the Wii.

Lastly, today is my birthday. I am officially 36 now. Took today off from work. Went to buy a Princess bicycle for Sarah and had lunch at Panera. Still need to put the bike together. In fact, I should do that now before Sarah wakes up. Thank you for reading. =)